Tauren Overlord

222. Living Necromancer

Lu Heng, who also woke up in the early morning, was not yet prepared to create a new race.

But he also gradually realized that after last night's thrusting, Elsa became less and less like a ghost.

When she saw Lu Heng, her little face became even redder. She didn't know if it was because she didn't have enough breakfast or if she was hungry for some other reason.

This is unusual.

Although necromancy is powerful, casters who use this magic are either born undead creatures or die while using it.

No matter they become skeletons, ghouls, zombies, ghosts, vampires or half-dead people... they usually lose the "low tastes" of being alive.

Of course, the living also dislike the undead, especially creepy monsters like ghouls that feed on rotten flesh.

Their charm is often negative, which makes Count Sant feel embarrassed to send such unremarkable guys.

Skeletons and zombies are not much better. Only a generous person like Serena would not despise such teammates.

Of course, not all undead creatures are so ugly. There are also a few kinds of weird ones, especially half-dead and vampires.

The half-dead man was just too thin, and still looked somewhat human; vampires were even more good-looking than ordinary humans.

But even so, the undead are still widely viewed with hostility.

For example, when Lu Heng signed up to join the Survey Corps as a new recruit, the classes had already been formed, and everyone knew which side had more people and which side had more ghosts.

So even if the new recruits are nominally assigned randomly, the rules are dead and people are alive, and they will always find a way to avoid entering the "ghost squad".

Therefore, those who are finally chosen to join the group with the undead are often strangers with no background like "Woziki Shuode".

This inevitable coincidence actually accelerated Lu Heng's reaction speed to these undead infiltrators.

In this matter, Captain Cecilia was a little slow.

It was not until the night before the operation that she sent the news that the Survey Corps had concentrated on infiltrating the undead creatures to Count William.

But Lu Heng did not intend to blame the new team leader. No cadre could grow up without reason. He had to give her some time.

He himself realized from this incident that the military hierarchy could be further flattened to improve the efficiency of information transmission.

This is also a kind of growth.

Similarly, he did not intend to unilaterally blame the living for their different treatment of the dead.

He knew very well that there was no welcome or contempt in the world without reason.

The reason why the dead are so hated by everyone is that they rely on their huge number of cases to help the living reach a consensus.

For example, the signature skill of necromancy is to drive the dead, but this involves a soul-searching question:

Where did the bodies come from?

From the enemy? That is indeed one of the important ways.

But there were also other adventurers who fought together with the Necromancer and found that a strange scar appeared on their backs at some point, and then they died.

What really broke the defenses of the companions of the deceased was that the dead were able to get up again and said that they died emotionally stable and should have died long ago.

He might also say something weird like thank you for death and thank you for the necromancers.

The sincerity of the words gave off a strange feeling, as if saying, "What are you still standing there for? Come and die with me!"

So much so that the deceased's companions said that if they didn't stay away from the Necromancer, they would probably be the next to make a "good death speech".

It is precisely this sense of infinite loyalty and security that makes countless living people continue to strive to become necromancers no matter how evil the road ahead is.

Putting aside the utility of using undead servants to form a large army, the huge productivity that undead servants can provide is enough to attract ghosts.

They can work continuously without resting, which makes capitalists drool. How long will it take to extract the surplus value?

But Lu Heng didn't like the magic of the dead, because there was a fundamental problem with this road of the dead:

The undead are not perpetual motion machines; they also need to constantly replenish their spiritual energy in order to survive.

But ordinary undead servants cannot replenish their spiritual energy by eating like the living. How can this contradiction be reconciled?

The Necromancer's plan is to allow them to establish a spiritual connection with their master, and then obtain the master's psychic energy supply by completing the master's tasks.

This strange state of "living without dying, but unable to live without the master" certainly has its advantages. It can eliminate differences and accomplish great things.

But there are two problems that follow.

First, they were handling the affairs of the Necromancer, but the judgment of the Necromancer might not always be accurate.

This inaccuracy only applies to the necromancer himself. There are always some people or ghosts who will suffer losses because of their stupidity.

As for the driven little ghosts, the benefits to them after the necromancer accomplishes his great task are... uh... hm?

Second, undead servants cannot obtain psychic energy on their own, but the living have one each and constantly grab power from nature.

From the perspective of overall psychic energy acquisition efficiency, the undead side is often lower and more likely to fail in long-term competition.

Of course, within the undead category, there are always some outliers that are called "half-undead".

For example, the process of vampires eating is essentially to absorb the spiritual energy in the blood.

Especially the high-level vampires, they simply don’t bother to suck the blood of ordinary people, but instead keep other powerful creatures in captivity and suck them slowly.

The second is the half-dead person who is in a state of “half-dead, half-thriving”. Dead, but not completely dead. It is unclear whether he is dead or not.

But these aliens are still undead in essence, and their activity times are also staggered with those of the living.

Most of the living are active during the day and sleep at night, but the dead are basically the opposite, which is the same as some of Lu Heng's companions in his hometown.

But Lu Heng had already discovered that Elsa's complexion was getting better and better, and was no longer in the state of being half-dead.

"You're going to sleep during the day, aren't you?"

Without waiting for Lu Heng to ask, Serena spoke first.

Elsa shook her head, her eyes full of confusion.

Lu Heng also secretly activated his question-and-answer skills. He asked questions silently in his mind and quickly came up with the answers.

Sure enough, the undead priestess Elsa is no longer an undead, but a living being who can resist the corrosive power of the undead.

Why is there such a big change? Could it be the result of my rough draft?

Also, how can I make her accept this sudden reality?

Let's take it one step at a time. Lu Heng took the initiative to invite:

"Since you can't sleep, come with us to the Soldier Supermarket."

For the standing army, Lu Heng would provide them with the most basic supplies, such as weapons needed for combat, sufficient food and water supplies, housing, etc.

But there are also some extremely valuable magic props, or things that improve the quality of life, which Lu Heng arranged in a specially opened mall.

Lu Heng's original intention was to avoid the situation where soldiers received their salaries but had no place to spend them, so as to motivate them to fight more actively.

Especially if you join an elite corps like the Survey Corps, you will be paid a lot of money every day, and even more if a battle occurs.

Once these soldiers have money, they will naturally reward the local residents.

For example, they were allocated a house, but there was no decent furniture in it. There were either no beds or very poor quality ones, and it was time to replace them.

At this time, local residents are required to use their intelligence and talents to provide a variety of services to the soldiers.

Of course, Lu Heng will also control the quality to prevent low-quality services from entering the market so as not to discourage the soldiers.

This will also motivate soldiers to fight harder and thus receive higher rewards.

The ways to get rewards are not just to establish military merits, but can also be other things, such as actively contributing one's own artistic skills so that Lu Heng can simulate them.

Although... Lu Heng had already done a simulation when he was teleporting them.

The reason why Lu Heng did this now is really because he wanted those who took the initiative to contribute to get more rewards.

He does the same with Elsa.

He didn't know if it was because he had developed some kind of feelings for her from fucking her, but he sincerely hoped that this alternative creature like the priestess could live a better life.

Elsa did not disappoint him. Chloe's psychic simulation stone actually detected several undead spells on her that could be used by the living.

The author says:

Author's words: Thanks to [surname me name me] for the coins and rewards ww

223. Agricultural Development and the Living Mage

For Lu Heng, magic worth absorbing must not only be useful but also have low energy consumption so that it can be easily promoted.

Obviously, the new version of "Vampire's Touch" contributed by Elsa is a magic that meets the requirements.

It can allow people who are unable to absorb blood to gain the ability to "suck blood" and repair themselves.

This ability obviously originated from vampires, but only very low-level vampires would use the brutal method of biting the neck with fangs to absorb blood.

A truly high-end vampire will pierce a sharp object filled with their own blood into the body of the person being sucked, in order to "mark" the prey.

The marked prey will establish a certain mental connection with the blood-sucking creature and psychologically submit to it, becoming a blood servant of the superior.

Although the best place to mark is still the neck, this "mark" is already a kind of magic and is no longer strictly bound to the vampire's physical characteristics.

Some greedy and tireless necromancers have also found a way to imitate this peculiarity of vampires over the long years.

However, the monkey version is still the monkey version after all. Although the "Vampire Touch" can suck blood, it cannot create blood servants.

Blood servants are very useful servants. For example, Vampire King Lilia can fight until her last blood servant falls.

"Vampire Touch" cannot copy the core skills of vampires, which more or less ensures that the vampire race has not been replaced to this day.

But the "relatively weak" niche also brings another benefit, which is that the psychic energy consumption to activate "Vampiric Touch" will not be too much.

What's even more gratifying is that Elsa's new version further reduces the spiritual energy consumption of this magic.

The original "Vampire Touch" has a process of converting the opponent's vitality into a kind of "dead power".

Living creatures entangled by the "power of death" will eventually die, but this thing is a kind of repairing power for the undead.

Elsa's version of the blood-sucking ability is simpler, and the absorption of the target's vitality is simpler and clearer, and the energy consumption has become lower.

With the current psychic simulation capabilities of the Lu Heng camp, they can simulate a version that can be used by the entire army.

Compared to the healing stone that requires a large amount of psychic energy as a backup, this kind of magic has lower requirements for psychic energy and is more suitable for long-term combat deep behind enemy lines.

The ability of bloodsucking to make the enemy weaker is also helpful in quickly controlling the prisoners to prevent them from causing trouble.

It is not necessary to kill the enemy in one go by sucking blood. Each team can temporarily spare the enemy's life according to the actual needs on the battlefield.

Whether they are kept as labor or continue to be used as "blood banks", they can always be put to good use.

When a full-scale war really breaks out in the future, this kind of combat capability will be truly invaluable.

Coupled with the communication system developed based on the psychic potato, Lu Heng's troops could probably fight a real guerrilla war behind enemy lines.

Elsa's useful magic is far more than just this one.

For example, the magic "Shadow Step" can make a person less visible, making it harder for others to detect them mentally, thus avoiding detection;

For example, in the field of intelligence and law and order, her psychic ability allows her to communicate with the dead whose souls have not yet dissipated, thereby obtaining first-hand intelligence;

But what really moved Lu Heng was her ability of "Cloud of Life", which was modified from the Cloud of Death.

This ability is completely opposite to the Cloud of Death. It can accelerate the growth of all life and make it flourish.

Of course, there is a price to pay for acquiring this ability, as Elsa's original Death Cloud ability has been replaced.

The Cloud of Death is truly a powerful weapon, capable of causing an entire group of living beings to wither and even die in the terrifying cloud.

The powerful dead among them will even be made into new materials by the necromancers.

If one has sufficient spiritual energy, the main weakness of this magic is that it takes a long time to chant and is more susceptible to interference.

As a weapon of mass destruction, the Death Cloud is undoubtedly excellent.